CVE-2023-32692: Codeigniter

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when you use Validation Placeholders. The vulnerability exists in the Validation library, and validation methods in the controller and in-model validation are also vulnerable because they use the Validation library internally. This issue is patched in version 4.3.5.

Affected products

• Codeigniter Codeigniter: before 4.3.5 (fixed in 4.3.5)

Published 2023-05-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.